Please read again the previous PRAYER sent in by DL of NC.
If only the many hypocrites would heed that prayer....Thank God that we now have a president who appears not to be a hypocrite.
Rubieof AZ3:57PM April 03, 2010
DL of NC said all that needs saying. This so called National Day of prayer should be eliminated completely and at once. Those awful "Prayer Breakfasts' also; they are nothing but opportunities for holier than thou "Christians" to show off, and should offend everyone who truly believes the teachings of Jesus.
Dorothy Conleyof TN10:36PM May 11, 2009
And when thou prayest, thou shalt not be as the hypocrites [are]: for they love to pray standing in the synagogues and in the corners of the streets, that they may be seen of men. Verily I say unto you, They have their reward.6 But thou, when thou prayest, enter into thy closet, and when thou hast shut thy door, pray to thy Father which is in secret; and thy Father which seeth in secret shall reward thee openly.
DLof NC11:12AM May 11, 2009
Nothing can stop anyone from praying at anytime to whatever imaginary cloud-minder they happen to be deluded about. This is a pronounced manifestation of christian persecution syndrome, and is just as bereft of any meaning, at all, as the "War on Christmas". Christ, I cannot wait for Dobson and the rest of the mullahs in this country to shuffle off this mortal coil.
PapaHansof MN5:14AM May 11, 2009
James M.:
Thomas Jefferson attended church, which is a private act, but opposed imposing a national day of prayer. No amount of parsing can hide the fact that such a proclamation constitutes a "law respecting the establishment of religion".
The phony, evil religiosity of George W. Bush frightened me, and I was very concerned that his acquiescence to those with theocratic tendencies (i.e. the Dobsons) would result in longlasting damage to both our political and our religious institutions.
I'm glad that, to some extent, the Pharisees have been tossed out.
What I don't get is why the rightwingers want Obama sticking his nose in their prayer life.
jimatmadisonof WI2:18PM May 10, 2009
The leap, or fall, from sophomoric to moronic is not that great.
Comments that suggest involvement of government officials in national prayer observances threaten constitutional principles regarding religion reflect the ignorance of the commentators.
Thomas Jefferson attended church services Sunday by Sunday in the United States Capitol Building.
In the 1850's, the congregation meeting in the Capitol week by week was the District's largest.
The Establishment Clause is violated when the Congress makes one's connection to a particular religious body or institution relevant to one's stance in the political community. Are rights to vote, to be licensed in the professions, to speak publicly, to stand for office, to serve on juries, to be married, tied to membership in good standing in some church or other?
NOT!
The notion that passes for THE TEST of violation -- separation of church and state -- is not found in the Constitution. It is found in the writings of Jefferson and Roger Williams. For Jefferson, it reflected the restrictions on the national legislature (see his second inaugural address). For Williams, the Wall protects the Church from the world, not the world from the Church.
Sure, you folks can keep commenting in ignorance of the facts, historical and constitutional, but that doesn't change reality.
James M. Henderson, Sr.of VA9:53AM May 10, 2009
"Pro-life"?
I thought everyone except Adolph Hitler and dick Cheney was pro-life?
Oh, you must mean "anti-choice"!
I hope no Republican politicians showed up, because they are all "pro-choice" just like the Democrats.
They were in complete control of Congress, the White House and the Supreme Court between 2003 and 2006. Yet they did nothing to outlaw abortion.
Why? Because they cynically would rather continue using abortion as a wedge issue to (unsuccessfully) attract Conservative voters to the polls on Election Day.
Hypocritical Weepublican baby killas, "pro-choice" to the core! On the next Election Day, 2010, they haven't got a prayer!
Kevin Schmidtof CA8:04PM May 09, 2009
The fact that the Dobson's et.al try to push "their" Christianity down everyone's throats and push the government to do it need to be exposed and stopped. They've taken over the military, proslyetize Iraqi's etc. and are dedicated to a tyrannical christian theocracy. Expose them and get them the hell out of our government.
dr. bob of FL6:55PM May 09, 2009
Forced prayer is disgusting. Trying to force politicians to endorse prayer by either attending or being "outed" is disgusting.
A law was passed during Truman's presidency which forces President to sign proclamation of national prayer day. This was part of the red herring Joe McCarthy witch hunt game -- pretending to hunt "godless Communists" in America, whipping up frenzies of fear that Russia would use nukes on us -- when we are the only nation to ever be so obscene.
This law should be undone by Congress or overturned by US Supreme Court -- since it is unconstitutional to "establish" religion. Ordering prayer is per se establishment.
This creeping disease suits authoritarians who like to scare folk into agreeing with them. Prayer is useless without being personal heartfelt expression to a deity which you believe in.
Let's get back to freedom of religion before clerics here abuse power like Taliban. We are not a theocracy. Pushy clerics like Dobson are power mongers rather than "religious leaders."
No Talibangelistsof FL6:35PM May 09, 2009
Do you even know what a Deist is? Deists can't pray. Why? Because they believe God doesn't intervene with His creation. And what on earth are the Atheists praying to? They don't even believe in a divine being. How can Agnostics pray? They don't even know if there is a God.
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